Knife.



No. 845,792. Y PATBNTED MAR. 5, 1907. L. E. JENKINS KNIFE.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 3, 1906.

n l MMU. l I I Il I I LUTHER ifiiniotiin JENKINS, or Cioiiiitk,KENTUCKY.

KNIFE.

Specification of Letters atent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Anolicetion tiled December 3,1906. Serial Nn. 346.090.

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Be it known that l, kunnen EDWARD "JENKINS, a citizen of the UnitedSta-tes, rel siding at Ceeihen, in Athe count;Iv of Hardin i the partsin another position.

and State ol 'lte'ntuckr` have invented new and useful. linproveinentsin Knives. of which the following is a. specification.

. the blade is not interfered with.

This invention is a knife, and inore partieularl'T that kind having ahollow handle l v i and e retrectile blade which is thrown outlengthwise from the handle into position for` i use by a spring.

The object ol the invention is to provide an improved knife of this kindembodying siniphcity of construction and one which can be easilyoperated.

A further object is to provide a handguard which. will be extended whenthe blade 1s proieeted from the handle and folded when l outwardinovrnient, it coines into position the blade is retracted.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 1s an elevation. V'Fig. 2 is aloiigitudinal seetional View. Figf is a sectional View with Fig. 4 is aperpective View of one ol thehanchguard me1ners.

`Relerring speeiitioelljyv to the drawin denotes e hollow handle whichis closed at one end and open at the other end to receive thelongitudinally-sliding blade 6. On the inner end of the blade is a block7, which. may be formedntegral with the blade. The block fits snuglyinside the handle, and between the block and the Closed end of thehandle is i placed a spring 8, which hears on the block endis ofsulhcient strength to throw the blade'out oi the handle when .it isreleased. The block 4is recessed, as :it t), to forni a sent for theend` oi the spring.

The block 7 carries a pin and said lends also have a toe 1S, .i'iiiohextends into the hollow olE the bundle when the guards are folded. Thetoes are in the path of the block 7 and. are notched, :is :it lll.

' through which notches the cutting edges olI the blade extend, so thatthe nioveibenti. ot'

The operation ol the liaiidgiiards is as lollows. Upon releasing theblade by withdrawing the pin l() l'roin the notch 123 it'. thrownoutwardliiv by the spring 2s, and when. the liront end oi the blot-.k 7strikes the toes 18 the guards are swungr outwardly lroin the recesses1li into the position shown in Figs. l and '.2 against the action ol thespi-ings 17. When the pin rent-lies the l'i'ont end ol' the slot 11, itis pushed into the note-h l2, Whereb)T the libido is looked in. extendedposi t n. VVhoii the block is at 'the ond ol its dentallyfolded andseeurelyholds theni inextended position. lpon retraetiiig the blade `theblock 7 is withdrawn lroin behind the guards, whereupon they arereturned to the recesses 14 by the rlosing-springs 17, as shown in Fig'.3. rlhe i'ront end olA the block 7 is beveled, as at 20, so that theguards are not Strunk squarely, thus saving wear oll the parts. Theblade is retracted by inoviiigl the pin from the notch l2 an( into thenoteh 13.

The advantages ol' the knife herein de scribed are its'autoniatit.action and simplicity of construction., there boing iio complicatedparts to get outy oll` ord'ei', and the folded handsguards enable theknil'o to bo i more eon'vonientlir carried.

1.0, whichlextends l into a slot 11 in one side of the handle. At theends of the slot ere locking-notches 12 and 13, respectively, into whichthe pin can be extended for the purpose of holding the blade inposition. The pin is mounted in the block in such a manner tl .erally'from the slots into thelooking-notches.

Ati the open end of the handle recesses 14 are inedein opposite sides ofthe handle, in

5 hand-guard Y retractile blade, and ioldable haiid-guards whichrecesses are pivoted at 1 1G, which enter the recesses when the bla-deis retracted and extend laterally therefrom when the blade is open. Whenthe handguards are folded, they extend 'flush with the outside of thehandle. Closingsprings" 17 are attached to they inner ends of-.theguards,

I claiin--- A 1. A knife comprisinga hollow handle` a retraetileblede,'and loldable hand-guards extensible by the bladewhen it is projected lfrom the handle.

iat it can be sl itl-lat 2. knife t'oniprising a hollow handle, aretraetile blade, loldable hand-guards extensible by the blade when itis projected from the handle, and i'neans l'or folding the handguardswhen the blade retracted.

3. A knile comprising a hollow handle, a

having projections at onefend extending into the pat ol the blade whenthe hond-guards and Yfold/fiole lmnd-gu-ards'pvoted in the rei are infolded cesses, and having projeotlons at one end eX- tending into thelepath of the blade when the 5. knife comprising ahollow. handlerecessed on opposite sides, :i retraotile blade having a sliding blockat its inner end, foldable hand-guerds pvoted in the recesses, andhaving projections at one end extending into 1o the path of the blockWhen the hand-guards for the hand-guards.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence o'f two subscribing Witnesses.

LUTHER vEnv/'ARD JENKINS. VVi'tnesses G, KING, F.y G. CORLEY'.

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